Roos Vanotterdijk Entered in 10 Solo Events As Belgium Announces Short-Course Worlds Team
Roos Vanotterdijk and Noah Verreth are among eight swimmers selected to the Belgian team for the World Short Course Championships in Beijing next month.
Vanotterdijk has been entered into 10 individual events (50 and 100 back; 50 and 100 fly; 50, 100 and 200 free; 100 and 200IM; and 200m breaststroke) as she seeks her first global short-course medal.
The 21-year-old continued her rewriting of the Belgian record books at the weekend when she went 1:53.65 in the 200 free at the Flanders Open. That followed her exploits on the World Cup tour where she set new marks in the 50 back, 50 and 100 fly and 100 and 200IM.
Verreth’s selection for Beijing follows his record-breaking run at the Flanders Open in Mol where he swept the backstroke events setting two standards in the 50 and another over 200. He now owns all Belgian men’s backstroke records bar the 200 long-course standard of 1:59.64 which has stood to Stefaan Maene since Barcelona 1992. Verreth’s 200 PB in the long-course pool stands at 1:59.79 from the Flanders Open in March this year.
Lucas Henveaux – who won 200 free bronze at the 2024 edition in Budapest – and Florine Gaspard – double medallist at last year’s European short-course – are also on the team.
Mark Faber is among the coaching team at the end of a year in which he served a six-month suspension for sexual misconduct stemming from conduct during his time at the Dutch federation.
Belgian team for World Short Course Championships, Beijing, 1-6 December
Roos Vanotterdijk
Noah Verreth
Lucas Henveaux
Florine Gaspard
Noah de Schryver
Sarah Dumont
Daniel Laureyssens
Simon Laviolette
